“Believe in yourself and work hard”: Shivam Pandey (IBPS PO, Allahabad Bank)

Hello Mam/Sir,

Today we got our results. I have qualified in every single paper I gave this year in my first attempt. I am sharing my story. I completed my B.tech in 2017 May. In July, I joined a private firm but resigned in August. From 15th August 2017, I started my preparations on my own. I knew that if I got my basics right, I can do well. 

Firstly I analyzed previous year papers. I got to know that many topics can be mastered within a small span of time and that also constitutes a large portion of Marks like DI. So, I started building my basics and started to give mock from the 1st day of preparation. I clearly remember that I got 5.75 marks in my first free mock of RRB PO of Adda247. But I didn’t panicked and continued with my preparation. Now I will describe my strategy for different sections.

English- What I have analyzed, many of the aspirants are lacking in this subject only. I started to read The Hindu Newspaper daily. I didn’t get the time to read the whole paper but I made sure that editorials must be completed. I read a lot during that time so as to increase my speed of reading. 

Quant- I clearly analyzed that students don’t practice miscellaneous part well. So, I thought that I can change the game in my favor in this section only. So, I started building my concepts for miscellaneous questions. And that paid a lot in my case. In most of the prelims, I got 30+. I referred to YouTube for my preparation. You can watch any teacher because all are same. You have to analyze from whom you can understand better. I followed Sumit sir personally.

Reasoning- I don’t think anyone needs suggestion in this section. It can only be mastered by practice. 

General Awareness- I followed Adda 247 Current Affairs by Kush Sir and made proper day to day notes of it. At every month end, I downloaded BA capsule and try to memorize as much as I can. Believe me, nothing in exam comes out of these two. For BA, I followed BBM. THE BEST THING AVAILABLE ON YOUTUBE. IT HELPED ME IN MY INTERVIEW AS WELL. THE BEST SHOW EVER KUSH SIR. 

And now comes the most important part- MOCK TESTS. 

I gave around 200 mocks before PO pre. I know it may sound like a hyperbole, but it’s the truth. I purchased every mock of PO pre be it Adda247. I gave all the mocks of all the above-mentioned sites. 

But I am not leaving this platform after selection. You all can tag me anytime with any kind of query and I will answer them at the earliest. Let’s make the world a better place.

I am sharing my marks which I Got in various exams-

RRB OS-1 Pre- Can’t attend because of the accident.

RRB Office Assistant- Pre- 72/80

Mains- 160.06/200

PO Pre- 72/100

PO Mains- 112/225

Final- 53.**/100 ( Allahabad Bank)

IBPS Clerk Pre- 91.5/100

IBPS Clerk Mains- 129/200

IBPS SO IT Pre- 112/125

RBI Assistant Pre- 96.5/100

RBI Assistant Mains- Result Awaited.

Syndicate Bank Pgdbf- Cleared with 173 attempts.

Canara Bank Pgdbf- Cleared with 177 attempts.

Last Advice- Everyone can clear it in First attempt as I did with sheer hard work. Believe in yourself and work hard. Cheers to life

Thanks and Regards,

Shivam Pandey